PulseAudio only ever degrades the audio when I tell it to use all 5.1 channels of the sound card, apparently. If I tell it to use stereo mode, it sounds fine---that is, *if* I have speakers attached that are stereo, or that will upmix to 5.1 in hardware.
PulseAudio only ever degrades the audio when I tell it to use all 5.1 channels of the sound card, apparently. If I tell it to use stereo mode, it sounds fine---that is, *if* I have speakers attached that are stereo, or that will upmix to 5.1 in hardware.